Cloghan, County Offaly
Cloghan
An Clochán | |
|---|---|
Town | |
.jpg) Junction of the N62 and R357 roads | |
  Cloghan Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°13′26″N 7°53′02″W / 53.224°N 7.884°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | Offaly |
| Elevation | 55 m (180 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 654 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | N075196 |
Cloghan (Irish: An Clochán, meaning 'stepping stones" or "stone structure')[2] is a town in County Offaly, Ireland. It is located, in the civil parish of Gallen,[3] at the intersection of the N62 National secondary road and the R356 and R357 regional roads. As of the 2022 census, Cloghan had a population of 654 people.[1]
Amenities
[edit]The local national (primary) school, St. Mary's National School, had an enrollment of approximately 100 pupils as of 2024.[4]
The Catholic church in Cloghan, also named for St. Mary, was built c. 1860.[5] It is in Cloghan & Banagher parish in the Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise.[6]
Transportation
[edit]Belmont and Cloghan railway station opened on 29 May 1884, closed for passenger traffic on 24 February 1947, and finally closed altogether on 1 January 1963.[7]
Sport
[edit]St. Rynagh's GAA club are based in Cloghan and play their games at the local sports field. The club was founded in 1961 and has since won 20 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship titles.[8][9] Teams representing Cloghan have also won a number of Offaly Intermediate Football Championships.[9]
Notable people
[edit]- Greg Hughes (1939–2014), Gaelic footballer[10]
- Jacksepticeye (born 1990), YouTuber[11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 "Census 2022 - F1015 Population". Central Statistics Office Census 2022 Reports. Central Statistics Office Ireland. August 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
- ↑ "An Clochán / Cloghan". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel, ed. (1837). "Cloghan". A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. Lewis – via libraryireland.com.
- ↑ "Directory Page - St Marys National School". Department of Education. 23 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024 – via gov.ie.
- ↑ "Saint Mary's Catholic Church, Banagher Street, Cloghan (Ga. By.), Cloghan, Offaly". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ↑ "Parish Details - Cloghan & Banagher (Gallen & Reynagh)". ardaghdiocese.org. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ↑ "Belmont and Cloghan station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 12 September 2007.
- ↑ "St Rynaghs". clubinfo.ie. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
- 1 2 "Offaly GAA - Rolls of Honour". offaly.gaa.ie. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
- ↑ "Death of Offaly great Greg Hughes". Irish Independent. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ↑ "Nothing septic about Cloghan Youtuber's earnings". offalyindependent.ie. Offaly Independent. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
Cloghan native and YouTube sensation Sean McLoughlin, who's better known to his fans as Jack Septic Eye, earned a whopping €14m
